{"id":4232,"date":"2023-03-23T23:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2023-03-24T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T00:11:10","slug":"xi-departs-moscow-with-liquefied-gas-taiwan-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=4232","title":{"rendered":"XI DEPARTS MOSCOW WITH LIQUEFIED GAS, TAIWAN COMMITMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4232\" class=\"elementor elementor-4232\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f9cfa5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f9cfa5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38cb1dba\" data-id=\"38cb1dba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa0bc2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4aa0bc2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div><strong>WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\"For\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> nation  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">1484: <\/font>ethnos, eth\u00b4-nos; probably from 1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan): \u2014 Gentile, heathen, nation, people.<\/span><\/div> shall rise against <div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> nation  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">1484: <\/font>ethnos, eth\u00b4-nos; probably from 1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan): \u2014 Gentile, heathen, nation, people.<\/span><\/div>, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.\"\n<span> <p><\/p>\u2014 Matthew 24:7<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<div>OVERCOME THE WORLD<\/div>\n\n<div><blockquote>\" These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.\" \n<span> \u2014John 16:33 <\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<div><blockquote>\" For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.\" <span> \u2014 1John 5:4 <\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58733d01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58733d01\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-769ac3be\" data-id=\"769ac3be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc9e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fc9e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Article Source: <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2023\/03\/22\/Xi-leaves-gas-Taiwan\/1631679492136\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TopNewsMarch222023&amp;utm_content=TopNewsMarch222023+CID_57f322e597e3c4d93a73d6779a499a65&amp;utm_source=CM&amp;utm_term=Read%20Full%20Story\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPI<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>March 22 (UPI) &#8212;\u00a0Chinese President\u00a0Xi Jinping\u00a0left Moscow on Wednesday after securing new energy assurances and Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s acknowledgment that Taiwan is part of China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Xi departed\u00a0Vnukovo-2 Airport Wednesday morning, concluding a three-day visit watched closely by the United States and western Europe for signs of Beijing&#8217;s support of Moscow as Russia continued its invasion of\u00a0Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before his departure,\u00a0Putin agreed\u00a0to deliver some 98 billion cubic meters of liquefied gas per year to China by 2030 in an effort to make up for European energy sanctions against the Kremlin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That total is six times higher than China received in 2022 but did not completely close the gap left by sanctions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Putin also declared that it viewed Taiwan as part of China. Those comments sought to boost Beijing in a potential move to strengthen its control of Taiwan, which has been strongly discouraged by the United States. U.S. President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0has gone as far as to suggest that the United States would intervene militarily if China became aggressive with the island province.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Xi and Putin released a joint statement Tuesday\u00a0in support of some provisions\u00a0of China&#8217;s so-called peace plan in Russia&#8217;s Ukraine invasion, calling for peace talks to start between the two countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The statement condemned NATO expansion, which they said was the cause of the war, and did not call for a Russian withdrawal from Ukrainian territory. Xi also invited Putin to visit China in the near future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<h5><font color=\"#0000FF\"><strong> Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, Xi returned to China on Wednesday. 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